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title: Nevertheless, the men went safely across the lawn with the wild beas… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Nevertheless, the men went safely across the lawn with the wild beasts frisking about them, and doing no manner of harm; although, as they mounted the steps of the palace, you might possibly have heard a low growl, particularly from the wolves; as if they thought it a pity, after all, to let the str
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# Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 2, sentence 38

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Nevertheless, the men went safely across the lawn with the wild beasts frisking about them, and doing no manner of harm; although, as they mounted the steps of the palace, you might possibly have heard a low growl, particularly from the wolves; as if they thought it a pity, after all, to let the strangers pass without so much as tasting what they were made of.

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**Who acts:** men, wild beasts, beasts, you, strangers · **What happens:** go, frisk, do, mount, hear, think · **To what, where:** lawn, manner, steps, low growl, beasts, palace

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, wild beasts, beasts, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg976:16:38
# text = Nevertheless, the men went safely across the lawn with the wild beasts frisking about them, and doing no manner of harm; although, as they mounted the steps of the palace, you might possibly have heard a low growl, particularly from the wolves; as if they thought it a pity, after all, to let the strangers pass without so much as tasting what they were made of.
1	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
14	frisking	frisk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	21	det	_	_
21	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
28	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	mounted	mount	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
37	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
38	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
39	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	aux	_	_
40	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	parataxis	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	growl	growl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
46	from	from	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
51	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
52	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
54	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	after	after	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	53	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	59	parataxis	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nsubj	_	_
65	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	62	ccomp	_	_
66	without	without	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	so	so	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	obl	_	_
69	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
70	tasting	taste	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	68	advcl	_	_
71	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	70	obj	_	_
72	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
73	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	aux:pass	_	_
74	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	71	acl:relcl	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the men |  |  | the lawn |  | with the wild beasts; nevertheless, safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across lawn=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **frisk** | gerund | the wild beasts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about beasts *= beast* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | the men *not said here* | no manner of harm |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Eventuality |
| 4 | **mount** | past | beasts *= beast* | the steps of the palace |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Patient |
| 5 | **hear** | might · perfect | you | a low growl and the wolves |  |  |  | possibly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer growl=Stimulus |
| 6 | **think** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | beasts *= beast* | manner |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme pity=Attribute |
| 7 | **let** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **pass** | present | the strangers |  |  |  |  | without much | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **taste** | gerund | the strangers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme what=Attribute |
| 10 | **make** | past · passive |  | beasts *= beast* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 11 | **step** |  |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: of=patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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